Mounting DIY Exhibits – Materials from the Small Museum Association Conference Hello Museum Trade Folk, Susan shared a treasure trove of goodies with us, thank you Susan. There are five PDFs from the Small Museums Association […]

How to Use a Viking Arm to Wrangle Crates When a Pallet Jack Won't Do the Trick I’ve been meaning to drop a note your way about a specialty tool I’ve been using, it’s called Viking Arm (videos at bottom). I initially bought […]

Ever-Growing List of Awesome Books for Museum Handlers, Designers, Technicians, and Preparators Hi Everyone,   MuseumTrade.org is committed to compiling all the tips, tricks, successes, […]

Comparing Mini Printers for Use in Museums Those of us in the museum field love to engage our visitors. Be it through objects, stories, interactives, graphics, or little things they can take away […]

Self-Healing Cutting Mats in Museums – What to Look for, What to Look out for

Sacha Jafri Pulled Off the Greatest Guerrilla Art Installation in the Universe Guerrillas on the Moon Sacha Jafri was a man with a plan. He was an eccentric artist who was known for his bold and daring creations. He was determined […]

You’ve seen these I’m sure. Little keyed pieces of wood on the four corners of frames. They’re called splines, or splined miter joints. Just knowing what they are called is half the battle. Sometimes builders make […]

In this article Sean outlines a fine method for making the most out of what gets shipped out. Along the way he introduces us to casket lock hardware (new to me), some fun ways to nest and pack in a crate, a cover […]

REVIEW: Micca Speck Series – G2, G3, & 4K A regularly updated review of the Micca Speck video players. All of them, the G2, G3, and 4K versions reviewed, compared, and contrasted. Spoiler alert, […]

I feel that this subject needs some attention. I’ve been focused on weird one-off solutions to everyday problems, but maybe a solid article on how to hang work in an art museum or art gallery. This is the future […]

Label placement can be tough sometimes. Have you ever had to change its color or redesign the layout because you realized that there wasn’t room for the label or that it was just not in a logical spot? we had this […]

In the summer of 2021 I was gifted a Arakawa art rail system from a Museum Trade reader give-away. At the same time I knew a friend wanted a stained glass “Steal Your Face” Grateful Dead window hung in her hom […]

 
Hello Trade Folk,
Here’s a little behind the scenes for opening up crates, condition reporting, laying out the art, and hanging techniques. There’s a pretty wide swath of activities in this video, and like […]

Yeah, Mr. MC Hammer said it best “You can’t touch this!”. How do you Do Not Touch? It’s an uphill battle, always. I was fortunate to get a tour (thank you Matt & Edwin) of the Los Angeles County Museum of […]